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Artist Eduardo Kac includes "bio art" among his specialties. In 2000, he unveiled "Alba," an albino rabbit with some unusual features. Alba's cells produce GFP, a green fluorescent protein naturally found in a species of jellyfish. When Alba is illuminated with blue light, she fluoresces a bright lime green color. Born in France, this unique work of living art went home with Kac, his wife, and his daughter to live with them as a family pet in their Chicago home.
-Which of the following statements about Alba is correct?

• A) Alba is transgenic.
• B) The GFP gene in Alba probably has a jellyfish regulatory sequence.
• C) The GFP gene had to be rewritten so its code was "readable" by rabbit cells.
• D) The GFP gene was most likely inserted into each of Alba's cells, one by one.
• E) All of the above.

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